Hat and coat hanger



1941- H. J. HARRISON I I 2,250,831

HAT AND COAT HANGER Filed Feb. 6, 19.40

Patented July 29, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAT AND COAT HANGERHenry J. Harrison, El Paso, Tex. Application February 6, 1940, SerialNo. 317,593

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a hat and coat hanger and has for itsprincipal object the provision of a more attractive device than is nowon the market. A further object of the present invention is to provide ahat and coat hanger in which the hat supporting device consists of astem sloping upwardly away from the wall and having a fairly largeornamental head.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientcombined bracket and hook which can readily be secured to a moldedplastic'ornam'ental headed stem.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a headed stem forholding a hat and means for holding a coat and for serving as a bracketfor the device, which means is secured to the stem.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Figure 2 is a front elevation.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the hook and bracket made integral witha supporting bar.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are modified forms of the head.

Figure '7 is a section through the preferred holder l2, and a bracket M,the latter preferably extending laterally to each side of the stem toprovide extensions 15, each of which is perforated to receive a screw orother fastening l6. For uniformity I prefer that the head l8 of the coathook 12 shall be of the same shape as the head ll, although very muchsmaller.

The head ll may be of any desired shape but preferably is flattened atthe top where its margin is an arc of a circle of extremely long radius.The face view of the head except for the arc 20 is preferably ellipticalas at 2| and as best seen in Figure 1 the head is symmetrical, the frontand back faces being curved alike, which affords extreme convenience inmaking the head of sheet material, for example. I much prefer that theouter face 23 of the head shall carry a raised ornamental device 25which may, for'example, be a colophon 26, a ship 21, or ribs 28 forminga shield as shown in Figure 6.

As best seen in Figure 1 the center-of the head H is offset downwardlyfrom the axis of the stem II] which is preferably rectangular incrosssection as indicated by dotted lines 30 of Figure 2, the sidepanels being at least as great in cross dimension as the top and bottompanels,

The portion of the device thus far described will be noted as the shapeof a railway spike, this particular configuration being deemedespecially attractive for use in this connection.

The cross-section of the stem It] may be triangular, round, or oval, allof these various forms being illustrated in Figure 1, although therectangular form is much preferred. The head,

Y likewise, may be of any desired shape, although I prefer theconfiguration described and particularly desire that the head shall beoffset with respect to the stem as this makes a more artistic hanger.

The bracket l i is preferably integral with the hook l2 and a bar 30which is preferably T- shaped in cross-section, the cross bar of the Tbearing the numeral 3| while the central stem is numbered 32. Thecross-sectional shape is well seen in Figure 7. While obviously the bar30 may completely underlie the stem; I prefer to groove the stem H] asbest seen in Figure 7. The grooving may of course be the mere result ofcasting the stem l0 about the bar 30, the latter preferably being ofmetal, whereas I obtain best results by making the stem and head ofplastic material which can either be cast solid or as a hollow object,in whole or in part. I also make the entire device of metal but preferthat the stem shall not be integral with the'hook l2 except as a resultof casting the stem about the bar of the hook.

In Figure 8 the stem I0 is of wood and the hook [2a has an elongatedportion [3 which may readily be driven into the wood as indicated;

The bracket plate I la may also have one or more nail-like projections35 which are driven into the wood, thus joining the bracket to the stem.In this particular modification the head Ila is shown as of tear dropshape, the lower portion being flattened as at 36.

What I claim is:

1. In a hat and coat hanger, a stem rectangular in cross-section withits top to bottom dimension at least as great as its side to sidedimension, an ornamental hat supporting head at one end of said stemcomprising a body of two surfaces meeting centrally to form an ovoidmargin in a plane at right angles to the axis of the stem, 9. barextending parallel to said axis and secured to said stem, a hookextending downwardly from the bar and then forwardly to support a coat,and a wall engaging plate extending on both sides of said stem at itsrear end to serve as securing means for said hat and said coat supports,positioning the stem so it slopes upwardly so that said plane intersectsthe wall above the level of the hanger.

2. In a hat and coat hanger, a stem and a wall engaging supportingdevice for said stem comprising a bar underlying the stem and securedthereto, a flat portion to engage the wall and a hook portion to supporta coat, said stem having at one end a hat supporting head, said stem andhead being shaped generally to represent the major portion of a railwayspike.

3. A unitary hanger bracket comprising a bar generally T-shaped incross-section, a hook extending downwardly and forwardly from the bar,and a lateral plate extending on both sides of the bar to engage a wallor other supporting surface.

HENRY J. HARRISON.

